Maggie's getting ready to head out for the day when saw Jackson laying on a gurney looking forlorn. Picking up her bag, Maggie walks over to him. "You okay?" She asks peering down at him.
"Yeah. Just moved into a new place and since I don't have Harriet tonight I'm kinda not too eager to head home."
"Are you done for the day?"
"Why?" He gives her a questioning look. "What do you have in mind? I have a big schedule tomorrow so I can't go out drinking."
"It's not alcohol." He continues to look at her like he's waiting for her to share more. With a sigh she continues. "Okay so you know how I was helping Richard learn how to dance for your mom's birthday present?"
"Yeaaah!"
"Well, I kinda kept at it. I found a dance studio nearby and made it part of my workout routine. So consider this an invitation to join me."
Jackson smiles with amusement, "I didn't know you know how to dance!"
She's looking into her bag but stalls and looks at him and with a little twitch confesses, "Actually I'm really awful but… I enjoy it. So please keep in mind that you were miserable just a couple of minutes back and remember that you owe me so you can't use anything you see there against me."
He's still quite skeptical. "Okay I can see you're not yet convinced so here you go," she gives him the address. "It's walking distance so should you feel tired of sitting here feeling sorry for yourself, come through. Get a feel and maybe this could become your thing too." And off she goes.
Jackson is paged in for a quick consult. When it's done he looks at his watch and realises there's still time. He decides to check out the studio. Seeing how intricate the moves were he decides to stay out of the routine, choosing to watch only. He finally gets a glimpse of Maggie and boy was she not kidding. He can barely hold it together as he watches her fumble her way through the routine. Her neighbours seem irritated but she's beaming and seems to be having a great time, it's adorable.
Maggie, exhilarated after the session makes her way towards Jackson who seems to be having a hard time keeping it together. "NOT a single word!" is all she can get out before he bursts out laughing. She just looks at him. "Hey I did warn you."
"I know! I know! But that was something to watch."
She rolls her eyes, "Yeah yeah. I'm a mess. Wanna grab a drink?" They make their way towards the juice stand. "So think you'd ever try something like this?"
"God NO!"
She laughs, "Should be quite the sight with your bow-legged self."
"Hey, you're one to talk. I think I've caught a glimpse into that future having watched you and it is not for me." He laughs lightly as she smacks on the arm before ordering them both fruit cocktails. "I'll stick to running in the park, thank you."
"Hey, I do that some times. Maybe we can run together on another of your forlorn days.
"You sure? Don't wanna come between you and the fumble."
"Ha! Ha! Seriously though, let me know when's good for you. I promise to make more of a fool of myself so you can be entertained instead of missing your kid."
Jackson watches her as she takes a sip of her drink. She holds out her arms and her faces wrinkles, "Gosh I'm disgusting. Let's walk back to the hospital so I can clean off before I really start steaming for everyone." She's already heading towards the door and she stops and looks back, "You coming?"
"Yeeah!" but his mouth feels like it's stuffed with cotton as her words about what April said about them come back to him. He shakes his head trying to get out of his funk and follows her.
